Sam Fender Thurs 10 May | 19:00 pm | The Portland Arms | Tickets The Music Machine definitely doesn’t need any more doe-eyed singer-songwriters, penning heartbreak anthems for the masses. It needs more solo artists like Sam Fender. In his small but promising catalogue, there’s not a love song in earshot. Instead, he tackles issues such…
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Despite being a lifelong music fan, sometime music journalist, and owner of a much-loved record player, I hadn’t attended a Record Store Day until this year. The idea of shoulder-barging through a scrum of hipsters at Rough Trade East never appealed to me, plus there was never anything on the product list that I was…
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For all you record buffs who want to be in the thick of it on Record Store Day, there’s only one place to be in Cambridge. From 6 am to 6 pm Relevant Records will be fulfilling vinyl wish lists, hosting performances, and providing much-needed coffee for the early risers. It’s the store’s fourth Record Store Day…
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Throughout this week we’ve been counting down to Record Store Day in Cambridge with all kinds of juicy content. Having spoken to R*E*P*E*A*T Records about releasing RSD exclusive Flexi disc ‘Look Sharp’ here, and to Goldblume about contributing their track ‘Razor’ here, it seems only right that we talk to stars of ‘Look Sharp’ Side A Gaffa Tape…
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The only word you hear more than ‘punt’ in Cambridge is ‘Goldblume‘. These guys have been conquering the live circuit like there’s no tomorrow and yet we still can’t get enough of their cathartic alt-rock. Thank goodness, they’ll be satiating our hunger with a taster of their forthcoming album, this Record Store Day. The local heroes will…
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From fanzines to flexidiscs, R*E*P*E*A*T Records have been championing local bands in quirky formats since 1994. So naturally, their Record Store Day release is highly-anticipated among Cambridge’s vinyl hunters…
Subterranean festival will return to the Cambridge Corn Exchange this year. The one-day rock and indie festival will take place on September 15 and feature an eclectic mix of touring and local acts. Indie-alternative Among The Citizens will be performing on one of the four indoor stages, alongside local singer songwriter Tom Lumley. Bury St Edmund’s garage trio Gaffa Tape Sandy will…
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Saltfen have done a grand job of inhabiting every corner of Cambridge since dropping their EP ‘Birthday Letters’ last month. The four-piece have been plastered across the city’s airwaves and gig listings, undoubtedly gaining swathes of fans with their buoyant indie rock. Saltfen aren’t just a textbook indie band though. There’s a duality to their…
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The Wholls Tues 13 March | 19:30pm | The Portland Arms | £7 | Tickets Having taken notes from the likes of Sundara Karma, The Hunna and The Amazons, The Wholls are the latest band to graduate from the school of British indie rock. The four-piece will bring their stock-in-trade swagger-fuelled anthems to Cambridge’s The Portland Arms,…
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Who: Yonaka Hometown: Brighton Why we’re crushing hard. Discovering Yonaka was a happy accident. It was during The Great Escape last year and we had turned up to seafront venue, Patterns, far earlier than intended for one particular band’s slot. We arrived to find a four-piece on stage shedding blood, sweat and tears– quite literally.…
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Cambridge’s Relevant Records have announced a Record Store Day launch party. Although Record Store Day isn’t until April, the event will take place on Tuesday the 6th of March to celebrate the announcement of the official product list. The cafe will stay open later than usual for the announcement and will give punters the chance to…
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Yonaka have announced they will be supporting The Amazons for their show at Cambridge Junction, this Thursday. Having graced the same stage less than a month ago whilst supporting The Cribs, the Brighton bunch will be reaffirming their place as the hottest emerging band on the live circuit. Since dropping their rapturously received sophomore EP…
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